s are known. It should all have been
returned to you, not being wanted here; but as it was originally sent
from you, and is known to you, we prefer to send you part of the
contents, and mention the property therein, so that you may be
certified: and in order that the truth may make a lasting impression
on my mind--in the hope that God may guide thee to the faith of Islam,
and to surrender to him and to us, that so you and they may obtain
everlasting good and happiness. Now, first among the documents seized
is the cipher dated September 22, 1884, 'to the Mudir of Dongola.' . .
. On the back of which is your telegram to the Khedive of Egypt . . .
We have also taken knowledge of your journal (daily record) of the
provision in the granary . . . Also your letters written in European
all about the size of Khartoum; and all about the arranging of the
steamers, with the number of troops in them and their arms, and the
cannon, and about the movements of the troops, and the defeat of your
people, and your request for reinforcements, even if only a single
regiment, and all about how your agent Cuzzi turned Moslem. Also many
letters which had come to you from your lieutenants and what they
contained of advice, also stating the number of Europeans at Khartoum
. . . . Also the diary (registry) of the arms, ammunition, guns and
soldiers . . . . We have also noted the telegrams of the officials
and of the presidents of Courts, and of the Kadi and the Muftis, and
Ulema, numbering 34, sent to the Mohurdar of the Khedive in Egypt,
dated Aug. 28th, 1884, in which they ask for succour from the Egyptian
Government . . . Also your cipher telegrams to the Mohurdar of the
Khedive in which you explain that on your arrival at Khartoum the
impossibility had become clear to you of withdrawing the troops and
the employes, and sending them to Egypt, on account of the rebellions
in the country, and on the closing of the roads; for which reason you
ask for reinforcements which did not come . . . Also about your
coming to Khartoum with seven men after the annihilation of Hicks'
army; and your requesting a telegram to be sent to you in Arabic, in
plain language, about the Soudan to show to the people of Khartoum--as
the telegrams in European cipher do not explain enough . . . Also
your letter to the Khedive of Egypt, without date, in which you ask